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Michael Phelps is coming out of retirement and this could be his first step to maybe competing in the 2016 Rio Olympics. The 22-time medalist will go into competition for the first time since 2012 London game at a meet in Mesa, Ariz., on April 24-26. The return will see Phelps in the 50- and 100-meter freestyles and the 100 butterfly.

Phelps return to training means he re-entered the  the U.S. drug-testing program and completed his six month waiting period by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency so he would be able to be apart of future competition. 

The swimmer will be 29 in June, and is he winningest athlete in Olympic history as he won 18 gold medals and 22 medals overall in his decorated Olympic career. He broke former swimmer and Olympian Mark Spitz’s record for winning the most gold medals at a single Olympics game by winning 8 medals. 

Depending on how his training goes and how he competes in competitions Phelps could compete in the U.S. National Championships in August in Irvine, Calif., where teams will be selected for the 2015 world championships.

Phelps is not the first pro athlete to call it quits only comeback to compete at the same high level. Here are a few pros who did it and were successful on their comeback.

April 15, 2014  
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